The head of the US Customs and Border Protection has said it will stop referring adults who arrive illegally in the US with children to prosecutors until the Department of Justice can agree a policy that won’t involve separating children from their parents.
White House press secretary Sarah Sanders denied that the decision amounted to the end of the “zero tolerance” immigration policy, saying: “We’re not changing the policy. We’re simply out of resources.”
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